Scottish Transport Statistics No 34 2015 Edition

Road Traffic

1 Introduction

1.1 This chapter provides information about road traffic, such as the total volume of traffic by type of road, by type of vehicle, and by council area. It also provides some figures on traffic flows at selected points on the road network, some statistics on delays and congestion and information about petrol and diesel consumption.

1.2 Traffic estimates, indicate only the broad level of traffic, so year on year comparisons should be made with care as they are based on a very small cross-section of the roads in Scotland: 12 hours in one day traffic counts taken at around 750 sites per year and data from automatic traffic counters at about two dozen sites in Scotland (then combined with data from automatic counters at similar sites in England and Wales). See Sources section.

Key Points

• 44.8 billion vehicle km were driven in 2014
• 38% of distance travelled is on Trunk roads, which account for only 6% of the road network.
• 11.7% of driver journeys were delayed by congestion in 2014.

2 Main Points

Major & Minor Roads

2.1 The estimated volume of traffic on Scotland's roads in 2014 was around 44.8 billion (thousand million) vehicle km: 2.2% more than 2013. There have been slight increases in the last two years, following the steady downward trend seen between 2007 and 2011. (Table 5.1)

2.2 The total volume of traffic on major roads (Motorways and A roads) in 2014 was estimated to be 29 billion vehicle-km. Traffic on Motorways accounted for 7.4 billion vehicle km (17% of all traffic). This was less than the estimated 9.7 billion vehicle km on trunk A roads (22% of the total), and the 12.3 billion on non-trunk A roads (28%). Three quarters of A road traffic was in rural areas: 16.6 billion out of the A roads total of 22.0 billion vehicle km. (Table 5.1)

2.3 Minor roads (B, C and unclassified roads) accounted for the remaining 34% of traffic in 2014: an estimated 15.4 billion vehicle km (Table 5.1)

2.5 The total volume of traffic on major roads (Motorways and A roads) in 2014 was 1% higher than in the previous year (Motorways increased by 2%). Minor road traffic was about 4% higher than in 2013. Traffic levels are around 5 per cent higher than in 2004. (Table 5.1)

Trends

2.6 DfT estimates suggest a rising trend in traffic volumes on major roads in Scotland, reaching a peak in 2007 when numbers levelled off, 5 per cent higher than they had been in 2003. Traffic volumes then fell back slightly but after increases in the last couple of years are now slight (0.2%) higher than they were in 2007. Motorway traffic saw a 14 per cent rise between 2003 and 2008, fell slightly over the next two years and has started to rise again over the last three years; now 1% higher than the earlier peak in 2008. (Table 5.1)

2.7 Traffic on minor roads is estimated to have risen by 9% between 2003 and 2007, falling by 6% since and the total volume of traffic on all roads in Scotland was also estimated to have risen by 6% between 2003 and 2007, falling 2% since. (Table 5.1)

2.8 Cars account for over three quarters (77%) of the total volume of traffic on the roads (i.e. of the total for major roads and minor roads combined), light goods vehicles for 15% and heavy goods vehicles for 6%. Pedal cycles are the only mode of transport to have seen an increase in each of the last seven years, with traffic volumes increasing by 41%, though pedal cycles still account for less than one percent of estimated traffic volume. (Table 5.2 & 5.3)

2.9 In 2014, the volume of car traffic was 2 per cent higher than in 2004 but 0.4 per cent below the 2007 peak, light goods vehicle traffic 9 per cent higher, but heavy goods vehicle traffic 11% lower. (Table 5.3)

Local Area volumes

2.10 A fifth of motorway traffic was within the City of Glasgow, whereas Highland had the highest volume (16%) of trunk A road traffic. The five local authorities with the highest traffic volumes (Glasgow, North Lanarkshire, Edinburgh, Fife and Aberdeenshire) account for 34% of all traffic on Scotland's roads. (Table 5.4)

2.11 The monthly average daily traffic flows recorded at a selection of Automated Traffic Classifier (ATC) sites are given in Table 5.6. The average flow (both directions) at the A720 Dreghorn site was around 78,000 vehicles per day. In contrast, the average daily flow at the A835 Aultguish site was around 1,800 vehicles. Traffic levels also vary considerably depending on the month: e.g. the A87 Kyle of Lochalsh site in September averaged over 5,000 vehicles per day – compared to around 2,000 in January. (Table 5.6 & 5.7)

2.12 Some trunk road traffic flows are given in Table 5.7. The A720 Dreghorn was the busiest site from this sample, with an annual average of 78,110 vehicles per day in 2014. Its Monday-Friday average was 84,057 vehicles per day, and its Monday-Friday peak hourly flows were 6,915 vehicles in the morning and 6,898 vehicles in the evening. At the opposite end of the scale, the A835 Aultguish averaged 1,767 vehicles per day over the year as a whole and its Monday-Friday peak hourly flows were around 169. The A7 Langholm had the highest percentage of heavy goods vehicle traffic in 2014 at 28% for the week, followed by the A80 Cumbenauld (26%). (Table 5.7)

Delays and Congestion

2.13 In previous editions of STS Table 5.8 estimated the time lost by traffic due to delays on trunk road routes monitored by Transport Scotland. This table is no longer being updated due to number of factors, including major changes to the network which would have required a substantial rework to the methodology.

2.14 The Scottish Household Survey provides estimates of delays attributed to congestion experienced by drivers (on the previous day). In 2014, 11.7% of journeys made as the driver of a car were said to be delayed due to traffic congestion. This figure is broadly comparable to the 2005 congestion level, with a peak of around 14% in 2007. Short delays were more common than longer ones - 4% of car drivers' journeys were delayed by around 5 minutes compared to 1% by 15 minutes and under 2% by 20 minutes or longer. Weekday journeys were most likely to suffer congestion delays between 7 and 9 am and 4 and 6 pm (21-27% and 24-27% respectively). Fewer delays (6%) were experienced by people residing in remote small towns than those in accessible small towns (14%). (Tables 5.8 and 5.9)

2.15 These statistics underpin Scotland's National Indicator on driver congestion. More information on National Indicators can be found on the Scotland Performs website: http://www.scotland.gov.uk/About/scotPerforms/indicators/reduceCongestion

2.16 Delays experienced by bus users have fallen since 2008, though changes in recent years are not significant due to small sample sizes. (Table 5.9)

Fuel Consumption

2.17 DECC estimates suggest that the traffic on Scotland's roads consumed almost 3 million tonnes of petrol and diesel in 2013. This figure includes fuel purchased outwith Scotland which is consumed in Scotland, and excludes fuel purchased in Scotland which is used outwith Scotland. It is estimated using information about average fuel consumption, vehicle emissions and traffic volumes - see Notes and Definitions section, page 225.

2.18 Petrol and diesel consumption has been falling since 2007. There has been a steady fall in petrol consumption in cars over the period and an increase in diesel cars, reflecting trends in vehicle propulsion shown in Chapter 1 i.e. increases in the proportion of diesel powered vehicles on the roads and reductions in petrol powered vehicles. (Table 5.10)

Figure 5.1 Scottish Trunk Road Map - from 16 August 2014

Table 5.1 Traffic (vehicle kilometres) by road class and type

	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
									million vehicle kilometres
Major roads (M and A)
Motorways	6,094	6,151	6,433	6,577	6,683	6,633	6,503	6,570	7,140	7,262	7,421
Trunk A roads
Urban *	938	922	966	928	942	952	945	951	973	960	965
Rural *	8,944	8,834	8,976	9,042	8,878	8,960	8,773	8,793	8,678	8,766	8,717
Total	9,882	9,756	9,942	9,970	9,820	9,913	9,719	9,744	9,651	9,725	9,683
Non-trunk A roads
Urban *	4,604	4,551	4,595	4,505	4,493	4,530	4,522	4,471	4,395	4,390	4,478
Rural *	7,629	7,598	7,928	7,933	7,813	7,885	7,752	7,781	7,666	7,670	7,856
Total	12,233	12,149	12,523	12,438	12,307	12,415	12,273	12,252	12,061	12,061	12,334
All A roads
Urban *	5,541	5,473	5,561	5,433	5,435	5,482	5,467	5,422	5,368	5,350	5,443
Rural *	16,573	16,431	16,904	16,975	16,691	16,845	16,525	16,574	16,344	16,436	16,573
Total	22,114	21,904	22,465	22,408	22,126	22,327	21,992	21,996	21,712	21,786	22,016
All major roads	28,209	28,055	28,898	28,986	28,810	28,961	28,496	28,565	28,853	29,048	29,437
Minor roads (B, C and unclassified)
B roads
Urban *	1,334	1,336	1,312	1,335	1,315	1,283	1,246	1,250	1,254	1,235	1,262
Rural *	2,549	2,589	2,647	2,734	2,748	2,661	2,660	2,577	2,502	2,519	2,655
Total	3,883	3,925	3,959	4,069	4,063	3,944	3,906	3,827	3,756	3,754	3,917
C & Unclassified roads
Urban *	6,778	6,832	6,957	7,133	7,079	6,942	6,732	6,767	6,813	6,725	6,886
Rural *	3,836	3,906	4,306	4,479	4,517	4,371	4,354	4,232	4,127	4,314	4,549
Total	10,614	10,738	11,263	11,611	11,596	11,314	11,086	10,998	10,941	11,038	11,435
All minor roads
Urban *	8,111	8,168	8,269	8,468	8,394	8,225	7,978	8,016	8,067	7,960	8,148
Rural *	6,385	6,495	6,952	7,212	7,266	7,033	7,014	6,809	6,630	6,832	7,204
All minor roads	14,496	14,663	15,221	15,680	15,659	15,258	14,992	14,825	14,696	14,792	15,352
All roads
Motorways	6,094	6,151	6,433	6,577	6,683	6,633	6,503	6,570	7,140	7,262	7,421
Urban *	13,653	13,641	13,830	13,901	13,829	13,708	13,445	13,438	13,434	13,310	13,591
Rural *	22,958	22,926	23,857	24,187	23,957	23,878	23,539	23,383	22,974	23,269	23,778
All roads	42,705	42,718	44,119	44,666	44,470	44,219	43,488	43,390	43,549	43,840	44,789

Source: Department for Transport - Not National Statistics
* DfT's classification of urban and rural roads differs from the built up/non-built up classification - see section 5.1.4 of the traffic estimates notes and definitions at the back of this publication.
Totals may not equal sum of parts due to rounding.

Table 5.2 Traffic (vehicle kilometres) on major roads (by class / type) and minor roads (by type) by vehicle type, 2014

	Cars	Two wheeled motor vehicles	Buses	Light goods vehicles	Heavy goods vehicles	All motor vehicles	Pedal cycles	All vehicle traffic	Percent of all roads
							million vehicle kilometres
Major roads (M and A)
Motorways 1	5,437	29	65	1,076	814	7,421	0	7,421	16.6
Trunk A roads - urban 2	750	4	8	139	62	964	1	965	2.2
Trunk A roads - rural 2	6,514	69	91	1,275	764	8,713	4	8,717	19.5
Non-trunk A roads - urban 2	3,658	19	98	549	132	4,455	23	4,478	10.0
Non-trunk A roads - rural 2	6,051	64	104	1,203	420	7,841	15	7,856	17.5
All major roads	22,411	184	366	4,242	2,192	29,395	42	29,437	65.7
Minor roads (B, C and unclassified)									#REF!
Urban roads 2	6,573	50	181	1,114	107	8,024	124	8,148	18.2
Rural roads 2	5,415	62	63	1,317	174	7,031	173	7,204	16.1
All minor roads	11,988	112	243	2,431	280	15,055	297	15,352	34.3
All roads
Motorways	5,437	29	65	1,076	814	7,421	0	7,421	16.6
Urban roads 2	10,981	73	287	1,802	301	13,444	147	13,591	30.3
Rural roads 2	17,981	195	258	3,795	1,358	23,586	192	23,778	53.1
All roads	34,399	297	610	6,673	2,473	44,450	339	44,789	100.0
Percentage of all vehicles	76.8	0.7	1.4	14.9	5.5	99.2	0.8	100.0

Source: Department for Transport - Not National Statistics
1. Motorways include A(M) roads.
2. DfT's classification of urban and rural roads differs from the built up/non-built up classification - see section 5.1.4 of the notes and definitions at the back of this publication.
Totals may not equal sum of parts due to rounding.

Table 5.3 Traffic (vehicle kilometres) on major roads, minor roads and all roads by vehicle type

	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
									million vehicle kilometres
Major roads (M and A)
Cars	22,308	22,060	22,610	22,392	22,221	22,496	21,998	21,986	22,170	22,217	22,411
Two wheeled motor vehicles	194	181	176	187	190	196	181	181	171	176	184
Buses	284	285	299	308	320	329	353	352	363	365	366
Light goods vehicles	3,168	3,261	3,459	3,689	3,690	3,684	3,701	3,816	3,906	4,032	4,242
Heavy goods vehicles	2,218	2,234	2,315	2,378	2,349	2,210	2,217	2,184	2,198	2,210	2,192
All motor vehicle traffic	28,172	28,021	28,859	28,953	28,770	28,917	28,450	28,519	28,807	29,001	29,395
Pedal cycles	37	34	39	32	40	45	46	47	45	47	42
All traffic on major roads	28,209	28,055	28,898	28,986	28,810	28,961	28,496	28,565	28,853	29,048	29,437
Minor roads (B, C and unclassified)
Cars	11,366	11,418	11,857	12,153	12,136	11,895	11,593	11,592	11,606	11,594	11,988
Two wheeled motor vehicles	115	132	125	139	125	125	109	114	120	111	112
Buses	309	300	310	342	310	306	298	257	222	242	243
Light goods vehicles	2,115	2,200	2,303	2,436	2,455	2,343	2,406	2,306	2,216	2,287	2,431
Heavy goods vehicles	397	404	406	403	402	347	333	298	268	277	280
All motor vehicle traffic	14,301	14,453	15,000	15,473	15,427	15,016	14,740	14,567	14,432	14,510	15,055
Pedal cycles	195	210	221	207	232	243	253	258	264	282	297
All traffic on minor roads	14,496	14,663	15,221	15,680	15,659	15,258	14,992	14,825	14,696	14,792	15,352
All roads
Cars	33,674	33,478	34,466	34,545	34,357	34,392	33,591	33,578	33,777	33,811	34,399
Two wheeled motor vehicles	309	313	302	326	315	322	290	295	290	286	297
Buses	593	586	609	650	630	635	650	609	585	607	610
Light goods vehicles	5,283	5,460	5,761	6,125	6,145	6,027	6,107	6,122	6,121	6,319	6,673
Heavy goods vehicles	2,615	2,637	2,721	2,781	2,751	2,557	2,550	2,482	2,466	2,487	2,473
All motor vehicle traffic	42,474	42,475	43,859	44,426	44,197	43,932	43,189	43,085	43,239	43,511	44,450
Pedal cycles	232	243	260	240	273	287	298	305	310	329	339
All traffic on all roads	42,705	42,718	44,119	44,666	44,470	44,219	43,488	43,390	43,549	43,840	44,789

Source: Department for Transport - Not National Totals may not equal sum of parts due to rounding.

Table 5.4 Traffic on major roads (by class / type) and on minor roads, by Council, 2014 ¹

Council	All motor- ways 2	Trunk A urban	Trunk A rural	Non-trunk A urban	Non-trunk A rural	Total: All major roads (M and A)	Minor roads (B, C and unclassified)	Total: all roads
							million vehicle kilometres
Aberdeen City	-	156	108	260	90	614	716	1,330
Aberdeenshire	-	5	897	28	723	1,653	1,188	2,841
Angus	-	-	370	83	298	751	367	1,118
Argyll & Bute	-	-	362	27	318	707	196	903
Clackmannanshire	-	-	-	32	121	153	158	311
Dumfries & Galloway	687	11	609	51	320	1,678	336	2,015
Dundee City	-	164	5	166	8	343	519	861
East Ayrshire	130	-	241	34	278	684	366	1,050
East Dunbartonshire	-	-	-	109	88	197	345	541
East Lothian	-	-	359	32	186	577	290	866
East Renfrewshire	214	-	-	98	88	400	365	765
Edinburgh, City of	330	-	385	627	329	1,671	1,272	2,943
Eilean Siar	-	-	-	-	150	150	64	213
Falkirk	568	-	12	234	174	990	564	1,554
Fife	250	48	542	270	708	1,818	1,078	2,896
Glasgow, City of	1,510	-	-	745	30	2,285	1,280	3,565
Highland	-	68	1,488	8	522	2,086	553	2,640
Inverclyde	-	18	54	132	56	260	261	521
Midlothian	-	8	135	48	198	390	276	665
Moray	-	28	242	25	162	456	283	739
North Ayrshire	-	14	301	86	113	515	248	763
North Lanarkshire	845	300	107	359	249	1,861	1,257	3,118
Orkney Islands	-	-	-	-	80	80	58	139
Perth & Kinross	397	-	966	74	492	1,929	399	2,328
Renfrewshire	520	-	212	173	108	1,013	496	1,509
Scottish Borders	-	18	377	28	442	865	345	1,210
Shetland Islands	-	-	-	-	144	144	67	210
South Ayrshire	-	-	387	103	118	609	363	972
South Lanarkshire	1,023	112	127	246	462	1,969	587	2,556
Stirling	253	-	232	102	361	949	279	1,227
West Dunbartonshire	-	15	198	142	57	412	244	656
West Lothian	693	-	-	155	381	1,230	533	1,763
Scotland	7,421	965	8,717	4,478	7,856	29,437	15,352	44,789

1. Source: Department for Transport - Not National Statistics. They provide only a rough estimate of the likely total volume of traffic on roads in each area. For further information, please see the notes on the traffic estimates at the back of the publication.
2. Motorways include A(M) roads.
Totals may not equal sum of parts due to rounding.

Table 5.5 Traffic on trunk roads and on local authority roads, by Council area ¹

	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
									million vehicle kilometres
Trunk roads 2
Aberdeen City	286	275	286	265	264	253	255	258	263	260	264
Aberdeenshire	847	844	866	840	820	829	822	824	861	872	902
Angus 3	300	292	341	319	328	324	335	334	343	357	370
Argyll & Bute	353	344	360	358	356	359	352	353	351	355	362
Dumfries & Galloway	1,236	1,258	1,241	1,299	1,302	1,290	1,274	1,270	1,252	1,272	1,307
Dundee City	186	184	187	187	179	182	180	178	186	182	169
East Ayrshire 3	363	312	361	372	368	375	366	365	365	359	371
East Lothian	361	378	390	409	372	359	354	355	349	349	359
East Renfrewshire	124	116	154	177	175	181	172	208	205	209	214
Edinburgh, City of	683	688	682	714	686	725	677	712	700	719	715
Falkirk	542	534	560	571	567	550	531	537	577	580	581
Fife	866	822	870	889	868	879	848	839	820	833	840
Glasgow, City of 3	1,277	1,300	1,241	1,259	1,305	1,302	1,288	1,313	1,481	1,522	1,510
Highland	1,464	1,468	1,503	1,525	1,519	1,556	1,530	1,535	1,528	1,546	1,557
Inverclyde	80	78	80	78	76	75	72	72	71	71	72
Midlothian	141	141	142	142	140	141	135	136	140	138	143
Moray	280	283	270	277	272	269	263	264	265	266	270
North Ayrshire	272	276	319	326	330	326	318	317	309	308	316
North Lanarkshire	1,134	1,133	1,114	1,143	1,166	1,154	1,161	1,129	1,414	1,402	1,253
Perth & Kinross	1,336	1,345	1,381	1,379	1,345	1,332	1,299	1,324	1,296	1,322	1,363
Renfrewshire 3	611	616	717	710	725	711	693	699	689	703	732
Scottish Borders	389	392	400	400	383	390	382	388	386	387	394
South Ayrshire	398	385	387	393	379	381	384	384	379	379	387
South Lanarkshire 3	1,121	1,095	1,142	1,130	1,169	1,197	1,162	1,163	1,219	1,236	1,261
Stirling	459	466	501	513	505	499	481	478	470	468	485
West Dunbartonshire	191	195	199	189	191	209	204	205	206	206	213
West Lothian	675	687	682	688	711	700	682	675	671	688	693
Total trunk roads	15,976	15,906	16,375	16,548	16,504	16,546	16,222	16,313	16,791	16,987	17,103
Local authority roads
Aberdeen City	1,081	1,081	1,141	1,126	1,115	1,075	1,053	1,039	1,040	1,041	1,066
Aberdeenshire	1,836	1,852	1,964	1,993	1,994	1,933	1,894	1,859	1,825	1,860	1,939
Angus	695	704	734	747	758	752	740	731	722	725	748
Argyll & Bute	526	515	551	552	548	541	532	526	516	525	541
Clackmannanshire 3	294	297	293	299	301	316	313	314	310	301	311
Dumfries & Galloway	685	686	711	723	719	708	700	693	676	684	708
Dundee City	679	685	698	719	722	703	687	688	685	676	693
East Ayrshire 3	633	639	704	688	684	674	668	662	647	656	678
East Dunbartonshire	540	537	545	556	547	547	534	533	529	525	541
East Lothian	473	478	499	509	508	503	501	498	484	488	507
East Renfrewshire 3	500	497	563	569	574	565	556	547	537	536	551
Edinburgh, City of	2,289	2,285	2,306	2,326	2,271	2,253	2,207	2,190	2,179	2,169	2,229
Eilean Siar	186	176	208	209	205	206	203	202	203	206	213
Falkirk	897	902	931	953	950	955	949	952	944	945	973
Fife	1,939	1,949	1,987	2,022	2,023	2,015	2,000	2,000	1,980	1,992	2,056
Glasgow, City of 3	2,107	2,117	2,119	2,147	2,124	2,089	2,042	2,027	2,011	2,014	2,056
Highland	1,012	1,022	1,053	1,070	1,078	1,067	1,055	1,044	1,024	1,044	1,083
Inverclyde	455	452	460	468	465	458	447	443	438	436	449
Midlothian	482	486	498	507	509	520	517	517	504	504	522
Moray	434	438	457	466	467	460	451	444	446	451	469
North Ayrshire	461	445	463	466	462	456	452	450	435	433	447
North Lanarkshire	1,833	1,831	1,869	1,906	1,894	1,871	1,840	1,829	1,822	1,819	1,865
Orkney Islands	128	128	136	137	137	137	135	133	131	133	139
Perth & Kinross	931	928	960	972	958	960	945	933	918	933	965
Renfrewshire 3	734	741	766	781	781	766	759	757	753	755	777
Scottish Borders	777	776	801	812	813	808	798	792	779	787	816
Shetland Islands	195	198	205	206	206	203	202	202	200	204	210
South Ayrshire	573	576	595	600	607	602	595	590	572	568	585
South Lanarkshire	1,223	1,240	1,311	1,333	1,298	1,294	1,282	1,273	1,258	1,254	1,295
Stirling 3	699	709	750	763	759	751	747	733	718	719	743
West Dunbartonshire	418	425	436	439	439	438	429	431	434	432	443
West Lothian	1,013	1,015	1,031	1,055	1,051	1,046	1,034	1,042	1,038	1,039	1,070
Total LA roads	26,729	26,811	27,745	28,118	27,966	27,673	27,266	27,077	26,757	26,853	27,686

1. Source: Department for Transport - Not National Statistics. They provide only a rough estimate of the likely total volume of traffic on roads in each area. For further information, please see the notes on the traffic estimates in the text.
2. Roads which changed from trunk to local authority, or vice versa, are counted according to their status on a recent date, rather than on the basis of their status in each year.
NB: to save space, Councils which do not have trunk roads in their areas are not shown.
3. DfT have made some minor changes to the traffic estimates from 2006 onwards. This was due to incorrect LA codes being assigned to a few sections of major road.
Totals may not equal sum of parts due to rounding.

Table 5.5(continued) Traffic on all roads, by Council area ¹

	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
									million vehicle kilometres
All roads
Aberdeen City	1,367	1,357	1,427	1,391	1,379	1,329	1,308	1,297	1,303	1,301	1,330
Aberdeenshire	2,683	2,697	2,830	2,834	2,814	2,762	2,716	2,683	2,686	2,732	2,841
Angus 2	995	996	1,076	1,066	1,086	1,075	1,075	1,065	1,065	1,082	1,118
Argyll & Bute	879	858	911	910	904	900	884	879	866	879	903
Clackmannanshire 2	294	297	293	299	301	316	313	314	310	301	311
Dumfries & Galloway	1,920	1,944	1,952	2,021	2,021	1,998	1,974	1,963	1,927	1,956	2,015
Dundee City	866	869	885	906	902	885	867	865	871	858	861
East Ayrshire 2	997	951	1,064	1,059	1,052	1,050	1,033	1,027	1,012	1,015	1,050
East Dunbartonshire	540	537	545	556	547	547	534	533	529	525	541
East Lothian	834	856	889	918	880	862	855	852	833	836	866
East Renfrewshire 2	624	613	717	745	750	747	728	755	741	745	765
Edinburgh, City of	2,972	2,973	2,988	3,040	2,957	2,978	2,885	2,902	2,879	2,888	2,943
Eilean Siar	186	176	208	209	205	206	203	202	203	206	213
Falkirk	1,439	1,436	1,492	1,524	1,517	1,505	1,479	1,489	1,521	1,526	1,554
Fife	2,805	2,770	2,856	2,911	2,891	2,894	2,848	2,839	2,800	2,825	2,896
Glasgow, City of 2	3,384	3,417	3,360	3,406	3,429	3,390	3,329	3,341	3,492	3,537	3,565
Highland	2,477	2,490	2,556	2,595	2,597	2,623	2,586	2,580	2,552	2,590	2,640
Inverclyde	535	530	539	545	541	533	519	515	509	507	521
Midlothian	624	627	640	649	649	661	652	653	644	642	665
Moray	715	722	727	743	739	729	714	708	711	716	739
North Ayrshire	733	720	781	792	792	782	770	766	744	740	763
North Lanarkshire	2,968	2,964	2,983	3,049	3,060	3,025	3,001	2,959	3,235	3,222	3,118
Orkney Islands	128	128	136	137	137	137	135	133	131	133	139
Perth & Kinross	2,267	2,273	2,340	2,351	2,303	2,292	2,244	2,257	2,215	2,254	2,328
Renfrewshire 2	1,345	1,357	1,483	1,490	1,506	1,477	1,452	1,456	1,442	1,457	1,509
Scottish Borders	1,166	1,168	1,201	1,212	1,196	1,198	1,180	1,180	1,165	1,174	1,210
Shetland Islands	195	198	205	206	206	203	202	202	200	204	210
South Ayrshire	971	962	981	992	987	983	979	974	951	946	972
South Lanarkshire 2	2,343	2,335	2,453	2,462	2,468	2,491	2,444	2,436	2,476	2,490	2,556
Stirling 2	1,158	1,175	1,251	1,276	1,264	1,249	1,228	1,211	1,188	1,187	1,227
West Dunbartonshire	608	620	635	629	630	646	634	637	639	638	656
West Lothian	1,688	1,702	1,713	1,742	1,761	1,747	1,716	1,717	1,709	1,726	1,763
Total all roads	42,705	42,718	44,119	44,666	44,470	44,219	43,488	43,390	43,549	43,840	44,789

1. Source: Department for Transport - Not National Statistics. They provide only a rough estimate of the likely total volume of traffic on roads in each area. For further information, please see the notes on the traffic estimates in the text.
2. DfT have made some minor changes to the traffic estimates from 2006 onwards. This was due to incorrect LA codes being assigned to a few sections of major road.
Totals may not equal sum of parts due to rounding.

Figure 5.2 Selected points used to show average daily traffic flows, peak hourly flows and percentages of HGVs (see Table 5.7)

Table 5.6 Average Daily Traffic Flows¹ at Selected Automated Traffic Classifier Sites ² by Month, 2014

Description	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
A74(M) J18 to 19	25,141	28,370	29,277	34,070	33,593	34,446	38,899	39,585	35,115	34,962	30,154	27,679
M8 Bishopton	25,304	26,515	25,657	25,440	25,407	22,042
M8 Harthill
M9 Linlithgow
M73 Gartcosh				43,045	45,569	47,897		47,122		48,844	43,526
M74 J9
M80 Bankhead
M90 Kelty	27,778	29,491					34,928	35,688	34,993	33,455	31,851	28,672
A1 Grantshouse	6,558			8,661	8,796	9,122	10,093	9,724		9,087
A7 Langholm	3,090	3,321	3,497	3,599	3,692	3,773	3,802	3,814	3,826	3,693	3,499	3,333
A9 Berridale
A9 Blackford				26,027	27,444	26,957	31,381	28,798
A9 Dornoch	4,699	5,119	5,421	6,164	6,493	6,844	7,334	7,438	6,874	6,201	5,562	4,978
A9 Tomatin			6,839		9,835	10,055	11,062	11,959	9,847	9,528	7,982
A68 Jedburgh								6,432	6,051	5,763	5,114	4,688
A68 Pathhead
A75 Carsluith					4,989	4,992	5,461	5,845
A75 Southeast of A751					6,966	6,831	7,080	7,087	6,911	6,531	6,341	6,173
A76 Mennock	2,490	2,712	2,816	3,005	3,131	3,072
A77 Glen App
A77 Kilmarnock				24,559	26,041	28,582	29,416	29,044	28,985	25,698	23,844	23,459
A78 Loans		11,778	14,274	14,434	14,691	14,732	14,378	14,702	14,784	14,420	13,264
A80 Cumbernauld	64,944	68,702	69,793	71,045	73,683	72,693	73,633	75,339	75,108	75,086	71,126	63,399
A82 Ballachulish								6,884	5,739
A82 Spean Bridge									2,367	1,767	1,383
A83 Ardrishaig
A85 Riverside Dundee
A87 Broadford
A87 Kyle of Lochalsh	2,201	2,457	2,758	3,638	4,267	4,540	4,912	5,307	4,295	3,346	2,754	2,420
A90 Stonehaven	32,881	38,087	39,125	39,445	40,202	41,090	40,974	41,312	41,424	41,082	39,290	35,582
A90 Bridge of Don	16,507	17,684	17,675	17,798	17,012	18,103	18,055	18,432	18,496	18,118	18,361	17,135
A96 Forres		10,820
A702 Fulford	10,603	10,972	11,023				12,403	12,865	26,567	12,860	12,748	11,029
A720 Dreghorn										90,431	79,037	75,741
A737 Lochside	18,868	20,574	21,069	21,773		23,061
A835 Aultguish	566	1,006			2,065	2,030	2,255	2,265	1,935	1,579	1,260	666
A977 Kincardine	3,953	4,275	4,376	4,504	4,584	4,598	4,541	4,553	4,694	4,387	4,381	4,019

Source: Transport Scotland - Not National Statistics
1. Traffic flows are counted in both directions at ATC sites and the average flows are based on totals.
2. Missing data for these sites is due to equipment failure.

Table 5.7(a) Average daily traffic flows, peak hourly flows and percentages of HGVs for selected key points: 2014 ^{1, 2}

Location	Site No. in Fig 5.2	Average Daily Flow				HGV (Year) Percentage		Peak Hourly Flows
		7 Day		5 Day				AM		PM
		Year	August	Year	August	7 Day	5 Day	7 Day	5 Day	7 Day	5 Day
A74(M) J18 to J19	1	32,906	39,585	34,944	41,118			2,435	2,477	2,771	2,818
M8 Bishopton	2	25,475		27,802		15%	17%	2,333	2,692	2,422	2,646
M8 Harthill	3
M9 Linlithgow	4
M73 Gartcosh	5	45,500	47,122	51,791	52,725	12%	13%	3,989	4,730	4,349	4,977
M80 Bankhead	6
M90 Kelty	7	32,224	35,688	33,180	36,829	9%	10%	2,446	2,447	2,795	2,843
A1 Grantshouse	8	7,063	9,724	7,251	9,724	12%	14%	569	554	608	605
A7 Langholm	9	3,576	3,814	3,829	4,079	28%	31%	309	324	324	341
A9 Berridale	10
A9 Blackford	11	24,456	28,798	25,673	30,569			1,832	1,852	2,000	2,035
A9 Dornoch	12	6,100	7,438	6,449	7,823	10%	12%	490	505	559	579
A9 Tomatin	13	10,314	11,959	10,549	12,156	9%	12%	814	790	897	894
A68 Jedburgh	14	5,493	6,432	5,732	6,693	7%	9%	442	438	492	504
A68 Pathhead	15
A75 Carsluith	16	5,302	5,845	5,579	6,132	22%	25%	428	438	452	461
A75 Southeast of A751	17	6,734	7,087	7,248	7,633			509	541	590	617
A76 Mennock	18	2,871		2,481	1,217			179	196	209	225
A77 Glen App	19
A77 Kilmarnock	20	26,843	29,044	28,055	30,671	7%	9%	2,038	2,162	2,371	2,446
A78 Loans	21	13,619	14,702	14,772	16,224	6%	7%	1,216	1,315	1,361	1,477
A82 Ballachulish	22	6,426	6,884	6,095	6,587	15%	17%	569	533	605	556
A82 Spean Bridge	23	1,729		1,742		21%	24%	145	144	178	171
A83 Ardrishaig	24
A85 Riverside Dundee	25
A87 Broadford	26
A87 Kyle of Lochalsh	27	3,581	5,307	3,754	5,494	5%	6%	324	331	344	354
A90 Stonehaven	28	39,205	41,312	44,055	46,797			3,689	4,252	3,862	4,389
A90 Bridge of Don	29	17,773	18,432	18,992	19,825	8%	10%	1,406	1,544	1,555	1,652
A96 Forres	30	10,820		11,748				920	1,012	1,008	1,072
A702 Fulford	31	13,786	12,865	15,043	13,885	9%	10%	1,151	1,284	1,255	1,339
A737 Lochside	32	20,787		22,089		6%	7%	1,733	1,915	1,903	2,010
A835 Aultguish	33	1,767	2,265	1,759	2,254	8%	9%	174	169	172	167
A977 Kincardine	34	4,405	4,553	4,699	4,886	8%	10%	338	356	418	441
A720 Dreghorn	35	78,110		84,057		12%	13%	6,425	6,915	6,614	6,898
A80 Cumbernauld	36	71,242	75,339	77,475	81,910	26%	27%	6,069	6,683	6,461	6,991
M74 J9	37

Source: Transport Scotland - Not National Statistics
1. 7 day flows were calculated from Monday to Sunday inclusive, '5 day flows' were calculated from Monday to Friday inclusive
2. Missing data for some sites is due to equipment failure. Year averages may be based only on data for part of the year, in cases where equipment was not working in some months.

Table 5.7(b) Average daily traffic flows for selected key points ^{1, 2}

Location	Site No in Fig 5.2	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
A74(M) J18 to J19	1	31,793	32,156	33,066	31,870	31,910	31,047	31,164	30,902	31,410	32,906
M8 Bishopton	2	24,684	24,845	27,800	25,357	24,838	24,563	24,186	24,059	25,318	25,475
M8 Harthill	3	52,566	51,567	51,628	54,463	55,589	55,911	53,629	50,170	40,526	..
M9 Linlithgow	4	41,064	41,117	..	30,324	26,070	28,706	..	28,190	24,853	..
M73 Gartcosh	5	30,347	39,480	41,711	39,042	38,597	35,666	36,786	41,685	43,330	45,500
M80 Bankhead	6	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	33,758	35,386	..
M90 Kelty	7	30,703	26,511	..	30,787	32,832	32,304	29,572	31,286	31,117	32,224
A1 Grantshouse	8	8,255	8,554	8,989	8,659	8,845	8,616	8,446	8,284	8,427	7,063
A7 Langholm	9	3,576	3,604	3,573	3,456	3,336	3,434	3,434	3,426	3,487	3,576
A9 Berridale	10	1,950	1,967	2,193	1,947	2,089	1,938	1,603	1,806	1,714	..
A9 Blackford	11	25,356	25,870	26,888	25,901	24,690	23,671	24,098	24,672	25,667	24,456
A9 Dornoch	12	5,461	5,499	5,766	5,633	5,743	5,721	5,922	5,863	5,934	6,100
A9 Tomatin	13	7,840	8,717	9,110	9,043	8,987	8,850	8,725	8,453	8,749	10,314
A68 Jedburgh	14	6,900	6,929	7,139	5,845	5,860	5,530	5,668	5,882	5,574	5,493
A68 Pathhead	15	11,732	10,932	11,927	8,888	8,919	8,354	9,204	9,362	8,931	..
A75 Carsluith	16	4,820	4,827	4,924	4,771	4,849	4,724	4,658	4,598	4,244	5,302
A75 Southeast of A751	17	6,256	6,620	6,904	6,830	6,770	6,792	6,830	6,712	6,752	6,734
A76 Mennock	18	3,136	3,108	3,166	3,324	3,147	3,054	2,947	2,891	2,900	2,871
A77 Glen App	19	3,170	3,076	3,579	3,027	2,805	3,520	3,423	3,483	3,537	..
A77 Kilmarnock	20	24,690	27,470	27,984	27,520	27,069	26,763	26,172	25,876	25,062	26,843
A78 Loans	21	16,566	15,682	16,093	15,767	15,295	15,074	14,542	13,873	13,096	13,619
A82 Ballachulish	22	4,879	4,581	4,696	4,609	4,772	4,625	4,504	4,461	4,631	6,426
A82 Spean Bridge	23	3,493	3,436	3,524	3,185	3,629	3,351	3,289	3,084	4,103	1,729
A83 Ardrishaig	24	2,805	2,779	2,792	..	..	..	..	2,638	2,629	..
A85 Riverside Dundee	25	18,904	18,921	18,854	18,299	17,581	16,129	16,992	15,430	15,279	..
A87 Broadford	26	3,088	3,066	1,610	2,188	3,417	3,227	3,235	3,148	2,083	..
A87 Kyle of Lochalsh	27	3,383	3,396	3,678	3,437	3,577	3,367	3,088	3,307	3,418	3,581
A90 Stonehaven	28	24,743	24,921	26,045	26,427	26,778	26,907	26,704	25,796	33,486	39,205
A90 Bridge of Don	29	16,750	17,291	17,686	17,339	17,308	17,860	16,875	17,143	17,412	17,773
A96 Forres	30	11,047	11,276	11,317	11,277	11,309	11,416	11,075	11,097	10,244	10,820
A702 Fulford	31	9,901	10,479	10,939	11,875	11,295	10,334	..	11,146	10,181	13,786
A737 Lochside	32	22,638	20,469	21,439	21,764	21,755	21,528	21,199	20,512	20,311	20,787
A835 Aultguish	33	1,610	1,596	1,623	1,545	1,628	1,246	1,788	1,749	1,048	1,767
A977 Kincardine	34	15,184	15,870	15,264	13,723	4,583	4,370	4,436	4,536	4,532	4,405
A720 Dreghorn	35	76,308	78,386	80,448	78,179	79,936	77,735	74,858	75,697	76,704	78,110
A80 Cumbernauld	36	61,936	64,599	65,409	64,885	63,830	..	..	67,416	69,314	71,242
M74 J9	37	33,977	33,490	35,065	33,716	28,620	34,060	33,020	29,454	33,302	..

Source: Transport Scotland - Not National Statistics
1. Flows were calculated from Monday to Sunday inclusive.
2. Missing data for some sites is due to equipment failure. Year averages may be based only on data for part of the year, in cases where equipment was not working in some months.

Table 5.8 Car drivers' journeys ¹ - whether delayed by traffic congestion ² and, if so, how much time was lost ³ : 2014

	NOT delayed due to traffic congestion	Delayed due to traffic congestion: driver's estimate of the time lost due to traffic congestion							Sample size (=100%)
		none, or just 1-2 minutes	about 5 mins (3-7)	about 10 mins (8-12)	about 15 mins (13-17)	20 to 30 mins4 (18-32)	over half an hour (33+)	All delayed journeys
						row percentages			n =
All car driver journeys	88.3	0.5	4.0	3.6	1.4	1.9	0.3	11.7	9,820
by purpose of journey:
Commuting	78.3	0.3	6.6	7.6	2.5	3.8	0.9	21.7	2,580
Business	86.2	1	2.2	3.7	3.4	3.7	-	13.8	340
Education	88.1	1.0	4.8	3.2	1.6	1.3	-	11.9	440
Shopping	93.3	0.6	2.9	1.8	0.6	0.7	-	6.7	1,940
Visit hospital or other health	95.3	-	2.6	1.4	-	-	1	4.7	230
Other personal business	91.7	0.1	4.8	2	1	1	.	8.3	320
Visit friends or relatives	94.8	0.4	1.9	1.1	0.6	1.1	-	5.2	1,050
Eating / drinking	92.9	-	4	3	-	-	-	7.1	110
Sport / entertainment	91.7	1	2.6	2.4	1	1.1	-	8.3	460
Holiday/day trip 4	87.0	-	4	5.0	1.5	3	-	13.0	120
Other	92.7	0.9	2.7	1.5	1.6	0.7	-	7.3	500
Escort	90.5	4	2.6	2.1	1	-	0.2	9.5	220
Go home	92.6	0.3	3.0	1.6	0.7	1.4	0.3	7.4	1,380
Just go for a walk	95.2	1	1.0	2	0.4	1	-	4.8	150
by day of the week:
Monday	86.4	0.7	4.4	4.2	1.9	2.2	0.2	13.6	1,640
Tuesday	86.9	0.4	4.6	3.5	1.1	2.4	1.1	13.1	1,800
Wednesday	86.6	0.6	3.8	4.9	1.4	2.1	0.5	13.4	1,780
Thursday	87.6	0.6	4.5	4.2	1.5	1.3	0.2	12.4	1,250
Friday	84.7	0.5	5.4	4.6	1.4	3.3	0.2	15.4	1,260
Saturday	92.9	1	2.3	1.7	1.8	0.7	-	7.1	640
Sunday	96.8	0.4	1.2	0.7	0.6	0.3	-	3.2	1,450
Weekday journeys - by start time:
midnight to 6:59 a.m.	85.5	1	3.3	5.4	2.3	2.3	0.7	14.5	280
7:00 to 7:59 a.m.	73.0	0.8	6.8	9.3	3.0	6.0	1.1	27.0	520
8:00 to 8:59 a.m.	78.9	0.9	8.8	6.9	2.7	1.7	0.1	21.1	740
9:00 to 9:59 a.m.	91.7	0.2	2.4	4.7	0.5	0.6	-	8.3	390
10:00 to 10:59 a.m.	97.1	0.1	1.4	0.9	0.1	0.3	-	2.9	450
11:00 to 11:59 a.m.	97.0	0.1	2.2	0.5	0.1	-	-	3.0	490
noon to 12:59 p.m.	95.4	-	2.2	0.5	1.0	0.9	-	4.7	470
1:00 to 1:59 p.m.	93.0	0.8	1.5	1.7	0.5	2	0.4	7.0	450
2:00 to 2:59 p.m.	90.4	0.8	3.9	2.9	0.7	0.7	0.5	9.6	490
3:00 to 3:59 p.m.	87.2	1.6	5.0	3.7	0.8	1.4	0.2	12.8	630
4:00 to 4:59 p.m.	73.1	0.6	8.4	10.3	2.4	3.7	1.5	26.9	720
5:00 to 5:59 p.m.	76.3	0.2	7.4	6.1	3.1	5.8	1.1	23.7	760
6:00 to 6:59 p.m.	87.8	-	5.6	2.4	0.9	3.3	0.1	12.2	460
7:00 to 7:59 p.m.	96.6	1	0.4	1.3	-	1	-	3.4	320
8:00 to 8:59 p.m.	98.7	0.4	0.6	0.3	-	-	-	1.3	220
9:00 to 9:59 p.m.	98.1	-	1	-	1	-	-	1.9	170
10:00 to 11:59 p.m.	98.7	-	-	-	-	1	-	1.3	180
Weekend journeys - by start time:
Before 9:30am	95	0.4	2	4	-	-	-	5.6	190
After 9:30am to before 12noon	96.1	0.4	1.7	1	1	0.1	-	3.9	470
12noon to 2 pm	93.1	0.3	2.4	1.5	3	0.2	-	6.9	530
After 2pm to before 4:30pm	95.3	-	2.6	0.4	0.6	1.1	-	4.8	410
4:30pm to before 6:30pm	92.8	2	0.2	1.4	2.1	2	-	7.2	260
6:30pm onwards	98.2	1	0.4	0	-	-	-	1.8	250
by type of area in which driver lives:
Large urban areas	86	1	5	4	2	3	0.1	14.0	2,340
Other urban areas	89.3	0.6	3.6	3.5	1.1	1.5	0.4	10.7	3,280
"Accessible" small towns	86.0	0.6	4.5	4.0	1.7	2.4	0.8	14.0	1,020
"Remote" small towns	93.7	0.5	2.5	2.2	1.0	0.2	-	6.3	610
"Accessible" rural areas	88.4	0.1	3.9	3.7	2	2	0.4	11.6	1,440
"Remote" rural areas	93.5	1.1	1.0	1.6	0.7	2	1	6.5	1,140

1 This information is obtained from the Scottish Household Survey Travel Diary questions about the (stages of) journeys which the respondent had said that he or she made as the driver of a car or van
The table does not include those (stages of) journeys for which the questions about traffic congestion were not asked
2 Car drivers were asked "was this part of your trip delayed due to traffic congestion?".
No definition of "traffic congestion" is given, so respondents can interpret the term as they wish.
3 Those drivers who said that they had been delayed by traffic congestion were asked "how much time do you think was lost due to traffic congestion?".
4 Previously split into 'about 20 mins' and '25 to 30 mins' but now combined to be '20 to 30 mins'. If previous split needed please request Transtat@transportscotland.gsi.gov.uk

Table 5.9a: Percentage of car/van stages delayed by traffic congestion 2005-2014

	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Driver congestion	11.9	11.6	12.7	14.3	13.1	11.0	10.5	11.2	9.9	9.7	11.7
Sample size (=100%)	14,463	13,780	14,011	9,264	9,324	8,679	7580	8,314	9,827	10,197	9,820

Table 5.9b Percentage of bus stages where passenger experienced delay 2005-2013

	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Service Bus	8.9	9.5	8.9	12.5	14.4	9.9	12.3	10.5	11.1	10.2	10.7
Sample size (=100%)	2,752	2,548	2,726	1,674	1,724	1,456	1311	1,439	1,536	1,685	1,630

Table 5.10 Petrol and diesel consumption of road vehicles

	2005 2	2006 2	2007 2	2008 2	2009 2	2010 2	2011 2	2012 2	2013 2
							thousands of tonnes
by type of vehicle
Buses	145.8	149.8	162.1	160.2	162.4	164.9	153.3	141.8	147.3
Diesel cars	433.8	474.9	508.4	556.7	565.7	563.1	579.8	599.7	624.4
Petrol cars	1,210.0	1,175.7	1,118.9	1,041.1	1,002.2	936.5	883.3	831.9	779.0
Motorcycles	9.9	9.5	10.2	9.8	10.1	9.0	9.1	8.8	8.6
Heavy Goods Vehicles	595.8	625.5	650.3	671.8	627.8	632.4	614.1	600.6	607.4
Diesel Light Goods Vehicles	333.7	347.6	369.9	373.7	367.2	373.3	376.6	375.3	386.2
Petrol Light Goods Vehicles	29.1	29.2	26.9	24.1	21.9	19.9	18.5	16.9	18.8
Total	2,758.1	2,812.3	2,846.6	2,837.5	2,757.3	2,699.2	2,634.7	2,575.0	2,571.7
by Council area 1
Aberdeen City	81.1	85.1	83.3	83.0	78.6	77.0	74.7	73.4	73.2
Aberdeenshire	163.4	171.7	172.3	170.8	164.9	161.3	155.8	152.2	153.3
Angus	63.1	67.5	67.5	68.0	65.9	65.7	63.6	62.4	62.4
Argyll & Bute	53.5	54.1	54.1	53.7	52.0	51.1	49.9	48.8	48.9
Clackmannanshire	17.0	17.5	17.8	18.0	17.7	17.5	17.0	16.4	15.9
Dumfries & Galloway	151.6	153.2	159.8	159.8	151.7	150.5	147.8	144.6	145.7
Dundee City	53.8	54.5	55.6	55.6	53.8	52.4	51.1	50.1	49.0
East Ayrshire	70.3	68.6	68.3	67.5	66.3	64.6	62.9	60.5	60.5
East Dunbartonshire	33.3	33.7	34.4	34.2	33.6	32.6	31.7	30.6	30.1
East Lothian	54.8	55.6	57.0	55.4	52.8	51.7	50.5	48.4	48.1
East Renfrewshire	49.4	44.5	45.1	46.0	45.1	44.1	42.9	40.7	40.8
Edinburgh, City of	192.8	193.4	195.9	194.2	191.9	186.2	181.1	175.9	175.4
Eilean Siar	10.7	12.0	12.0	11.7	11.9	12.0	11.8	11.5	11.4
Falkirk	94.7	98.6	100.6	100.2	97.2	94.7	93.2	91.2	91.6
Fife	162.4	167.0	169.9	168.8	164.1	160.0	156.0	150.4	150.3
Glasgow, City of	217.8	220.1	221.8	222.9	215.7	210.7	208.0	206.8	207.0
Highland	151.5	156.1	157.9	157.4	156.9	154.6	151.8	148.6	149.8
Inverclyde	31.7	32.1	32.0	31.8	30.7	29.6	28.5	27.5	27.3
Midlothian	39.2	40.1	40.7	40.6	39.5	38.6	37.9	36.6	36.1
Moray	42.6	43.7	44.6	44.5	43.7	42.7	41.6	40.7	40.5
North Ayrshire	46.3	47.1	46.8	47.0	45.4	44.5	43.4	41.4	40.9
North Lanarkshire	197.2	201.0	203.2	203.9	197.8	193.8	186.2	188.9	186.0
Orkney Islands	7.7	8.1	8.2	8.3	8.0	8.1	7.8	7.5	7.6
Perth & Kinross	156.5	159.0	161.6	158.6	154.0	149.8	149.0	144.1	145.3
Renfrewshire	86.3	87.8	88.0	88.9	85.5	83.3	81.4	78.8	79.0
Scottish Borders	70.6	72.4	72.9	72.7	71.1	69.7	68.1	66.0	65.9
Shetland Islands	11.2	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.2	11.0	10.6	10.3	10.4
South Ayrshire	59.1	60.2	61.0	60.8	59.4	58.8	57.1	54.4	53.7
South Lanarkshire	177.2	181.1	183.9	183.3	178.5	174.7	170.7	169.2	169.5
Stirling	72.2	74.6	76.2	75.3	72.6	71.1	68.7	66.2	65.5
West Dunbartonshire	36.4	36.9	36.6	36.6	36.4	35.5	34.9	34.3	34.1
West Lothian	102.7	103.6	105.7	106.5	103.3	101.5	99.0	96.5	96.6
Total	2,758.1	2,812.3	2,846.6	2,837.5	2,757.3	2,699.2	2,634.7	2,575.0	2,571.7

Source: DECC - Years prior to 2005 are not National Statistics
1. These estimates are of the total amount of petrol and diesel consumed by vehicles travelling in each Council area (i.e. the estimates are based on where the vehicles were driven, rather than - say - the area of the registered keepers of the vehicles).
2. There have been major revisions to the data due to improvements in the methodology. For more information please see here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/naei-road-transport-inventory-changes-made-in-2010-a-briefing-note-produced-by-aea-on-changes-in-fuel-consumption